A Giant Bully

Activities for Helping Children Deal With Bullying

I hope you enjoyed sharing A Giant Bully with your child or children. It covers a tough topic for young kids - bullying and child abuse. The story based on a very real incident where we witnessed an adult smacking a child in the grocery store. I have always regretted my lack of action in that moment. I am trying to teach my own children how to make a better choice than their mother did.

Bullying and abuse are present in situations where there is an imbalance of power, Ways to balance that power include: using your big voice, getting help from a person the same size as the bully, and getting away from that situation. It takes courage to stand up to bullying. It is uncomfortable, but so important. My hope is that we can empower our children to do a better job than we have with this issue.

Sadly, the week I released this book a 12 year old classmate of my son's took her own life due to bullying. TWELVE. We HAVE to have these conversations.